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Microsoft previews Windows 10, touts familiarity and consistency across devices, enterprise features, Start menu with incorporated tiles — Microsoft unveils the future of Windows — Company gives first look at Windows 10, highlighting enterprise advancements and open collaboration.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 aims to run universal apps on devices ranging from internet-of-things to servers; preview coming tomorrow, final release in late 2015 — Windows 10 is the official name for Microsoft's next version of Windows — Microsoft is officially unveiling the name for the next release of Windows today: Windows 10.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Windows 10 Enterprise Technical Preview available Oct. 1 will work on x86 machines only; here's how to get it — Microsoft's Windows 10: What's new and how to get the preview bits — Summary: Microsoft will open up its first public preview build of the next version of Windows client on October 1.
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| Ian Kar / Bank Innovation: |
PayPal was excluded from Apple Pay because PayPal partnered with Samsung on the Galaxy S5's fingerprint reader — The Real Reason PayPal Isn't an Apple Pay Preferred Partner — Earlier this month, before Apple Pay came out, Bank Innovation wrote that Apple and PayPal had been involved in talks for ... something.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How RAM Scrapers Work: The Sneaky Tools Behind the Latest Credit Card Hacks — Today, news broke of yet more large-scale credit-card breaches at big-box stores, this time at Albertson's and Supervalu, grocery chains in the American west. — The breaches follow in the wake of other recent breaches … | Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Reddit raises $50M round led by Y Combinator president Sam Altman, investors plan to allocate 10% of the round's equity to Reddit users — Reddit Raises $50 Million, Plans to Share Stock With Community Members — Reddit, the Internet's favorite place to share links, has raised about $50 million in funding.
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| Nicky Woolf / Guardian: |
Hackers charged with stealing over $100m in US army and Xbox technology — Indictment unsealed on Tuesday reveals Department of Justice charged four people in international computer hacking ring — Four men have been charged with breaking into the computer systems of Microsoft …
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| eBay Inc: |
eBay Inc. to Separate eBay and PayPal into Independent Publicly Traded Companies in 2015 — American Express executive Dan Schulman joins PayPal immediately as President and CEO designee for PayPal post-separation — eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe and CFO Bob Swan to oversee separation …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Google unveils Drive for Education with free, unlimited storage and ‘Classroom’ integration — Google Apps for Education just got a little bit sweeter: In the coming weeks, new and existing customers will have access to Drive for Education, an academic version of its online storage solution.
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Holder urges tech companies to leave device backdoors open for police — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that new forms of encryption capable of locking law enforcement officials out of popular electronic devices imperil investigations of kidnappers and sexual predators, putting children at increased risk.
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| Nellie Bowles / Re/code: |
Amid layoffs at the Las Vegas Downtown Project, Tony Hsieh hands off lead role to his lawyer — Tony Hsieh Steps Down From Lead Role at Las Vegas Downtown Project — Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO and founder of the ambitious startup-city development Downtown Project in Las Vegas …
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| AnandTech: |
iPhone 6 Plus: best phablet available, may appeal more than the iPhone 6 if you don't mind two-handed usage — The iPhone 6 Review — With every launch of the iPhone, Apple seems to have everything to lose and not much to gain. Apple's iPhone line accounts for the majority of profits …
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite Golden Master Candidate to Developers [Update: Also Public Beta] — Apple today released a candidate golden master version of OS X Yosemite to developers, just over two weeks after releasing the eighth Developer Preview alongside the third public beta of the upcoming Mac operating system.
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Google is closing Orkut, its first social network, today — We knew it was coming. Google is shutting down Orkut today, its first attempt at a social networking service. The decision was announced in June and users have had a few months to export their profile data, community posts and photos using Google Takeout.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Pebble Gets A Permanent Price Cut, Plus Background Sleep And Activity Tracking — Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is hoping to make its platform accessible to more people with a permanent price drop of $50 and $30 for both the original Pebble and the Pebble Steel, putting them at $99 and $199 respectively.| John Callaham / Android Central: |
TiVo app for Android finally adds streaming video support — Owners of TiVo DVRs who also use Android smartphones or tablets can now fully use those devices, thanks to a new update to the TiVo Android app that finally allows it to stream recorded and live video from a DVR to supported smartphones and tablets.Sponsor Posts
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